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[[Image:Serous Salivary Gland.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Serous Salivary Gland Histology - Copywright RVC 2008]]

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*Connective tissue capsule

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*Septa dividing the parenchyma into lobes

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*Duct system

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*Interlobular ducts run in the tissue septum lined by cuboidal to columnar epithelium

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*Intralobular ducts run within the lobules. Striated intralobular ducts lined with cuboidal epithelium. Intercalated intralobular ducts lined with low cuboidal to simple squamous epithelium.

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*Serous acini secrete a watery solution rich in proteins with spherical nuclei. Cells are pyramidal, cuboidal or crescent shaped.

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